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United States Patent | 5,580,116 |
Patel ,   et al. | December 3, 1996 |
A trim component for mounting to a structural member of an automotive vehicle presenting an edge including a body adapted to be fixedly mounted to the structural member and extending substantially along the length thereof. The body presents a primary surface facing the interior of the vehicle and a contoured mounting surface disposed opposite the primary surface and corresponding to the shape of the structural member. The contoured mounting surface includes a plate disposed adjacent the edge presented by the structural member when the trim component is mounted thereto.
Inventors: | Patel; Rasik N. (Canton, MI); Patel; Praful J. (Novi, MI); Shahab; Syed A. (Bloomfield Hills, MI) |
Assignee: | Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) |
Appl. No.: | 417365 |
Filed: | April 5, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 296/39.1; 280/751; 296/187.05 |
Intern'l Class: | B62D 025/00 |
Field of Search: | 296/39.1,189,205 280/751,748,752 180/90 |
3817553 | Jun., 1974 | Wilfert | 280/150. |
3831705 | Aug., 1974 | Glance | 180/90. |
3861486 | Jan., 1975 | Wilfert | 180/90. |
3966227 | Jun., 1976 | Cameron | 280/752. |
4123085 | Oct., 1978 | Oda et al. | 280/752. |
4168095 | Sep., 1979 | Temino et al. | 296/70. |
4400011 | Aug., 1983 | Matsuno | 280/748. |
5163730 | Nov., 1992 | Welch | 296/189. |
5445430 | Aug., 1995 | Nichols | 280/751. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
1780300 | May., 1978 | DE | 280/751. |
657310 | Sep., 1963 | IT. | |
2238989 | Jun., 1991 | GB | 280/751. |